CFP: Special Issue on Synergies between Probabilistic GraphicalModels and Evolutionary Computation

[Larranaga Mugica Pedro <ccplamup@si.ehu.es>]

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				Call for Papers

		International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR)

				Special Issue on

	Synergies between Probabilistic Graphical Models and
			Evolutionary Computation


	Guest editors:	Pedro Larraņaga and Jose A. Lozano
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Evolutionary computation and probabilistic graphical models have been two
of the most lively research topics in Artificial Intelligence during the
90's. However,  with a few exceptions,  each topic has been treated and
developed separately. Recently, there has been a new interest in trying to
leverage the advances of one field into the other one.

The aim of this special issue of the International Journal of Approximate
Reasoning (IJAR) is to provide researchers with a forum for communicating
their work to a general Artificial Intelligence audience, focusing on all
aspects of cross-fertilization between probabilistic graphical models and
evolutionary computation. Emphasis is on sound theoretical frameworks
rather than ad hoc approaches. Of particular interest are papers that
combine clear  theoretical discussion with practical examples, and papers
that compare different approaches.

Topics covered by this special issue may include (but are not limited
to):

	- structure learning of probabilistic graphical models with
	evolutionary computation
 	- triangulation with evolutionary computation
	- abductive reasoning with evolutionary computation
	- simplification of probabilistic graphical models
	with evolutionary computation
        - combinatorial optimization by the use of probabilistic
	graphical models
        - optimization in continuous domains by the use of probabilistic
	graphical models

Authors are invited to submit either via e-mail (by attaching Postscript, pdf,
or MS Word document files) or by sending four hard-copies to the address
indicated below. Manuscripts must be received by December 1, 2001 and must
follow the IJAR submission guidelines  (http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/ijar).

Important dates:

    Deadline for submissions: 		December 1st, 2001
    Notification of acceptance: 	March 1st, 2002
    Final manuscripts for copy-editors: April 1st, 2002
    Tentative Planned Publication Date: Fall 2002


Pedro Larraņaga
Dept. of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
University of the Basque Country
M. de Lardizabal Pasalekua, 1
20009 Donostia-San Sebastian
Spain
e-mail: lozano@si.ehu.es
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